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to love us. that's a long term project, and generally, a futile project. it's much more important to do as president obama said right in the beginning from the inaugural speech that we need to focus on mutual interest and mutual respect, and there are many things that we can get done in that fashion. i think that discretionary -- diplomacy 230e cueses on specific, strategic goals, and if it failed in any way in the last several decades, it's been that it's not focused on those goals. >> i'm in agreement with jim on this issue. it's note a population contest, but it's absolutely the wrong -- the results are not great results if that's the measurement. one of the things that we tried to do, again, building on the base that jim and his team put in place was to be sure that everything we were doing in public diplomacy actually was designed to support the achievement of the goals, objecteddives, and be clear and precise in doing that. there are many areas where we do -- have not just given up the ship
to love us. that's a long term project, and generally, a futile project. it's much more important to do as president obama said right in the beginning from the inaugural speech that we need to focus on mutual interest and mutual respect, and there are many things that we can get done in that fashion. i think that discretionary -- diplomacy 230e cueses on specific, strategic goals, and if it failed in any way in the last several decades, it's been that it's not focused on those goals. >>...
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the pakistanis also as a narrative which is the americans use us and discard us. they use is against the russians in the 1980s and tossed us out ostensibly because of nuclear proliferation in 1990. they used us in the war after 9/11 and that after 2014 they will go way. the pakistanis thinks americans are hardwired to desert them. this set of stereotypes is intellectually lazy and very pernicious. one way to get out of this would need what husain haqqani my counterpart, suggested or with others who shall rename nameless facet in the press is time for containment and to push this away. those two are think are not reasonable alternatives. remaining engaged with pakistan, there is no alternative to it but i would argue that having a focus strictly on the bilateral relationship is something that has been a problem for us. what we need to do is break out of this bilateralism, this sterile debate and look at the issues that have to do with pakistan's relationship to india the issues that have to do with the sequence of events that will take place after 2014 when the ame
the pakistanis also as a narrative which is the americans use us and discard us. they use is against the russians in the 1980s and tossed us out ostensibly because of nuclear proliferation in 1990. they used us in the war after 9/11 and that after 2014 they will go way. the pakistanis thinks americans are hardwired to desert them. this set of stereotypes is intellectually lazy and very pernicious. one way to get out of this would need what husain haqqani my counterpart, suggested or with others...
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thank you all for joining us today. [applause] admiral johnathan grew up in pittsburgh suburb of butler pennsylvania. the son of a steel workers he was the third of six children. he was the all-american kid growing up. he worked not one paper route, but two. he was on the swim team, student counsel, a member of the national honor society, and the archery club. and to top it all off, he and his buddes were members of the major key club. a group that offered them to earn a few bucks either by selling hot dogs or waiting on folks at rotary club dinners. accepted a the university of pennsylvania, the military academy of west point and the united states naval academy. he made the smart choice and choose the navel academy. there he studied nuclear power to serve as sub mean officer. flip over the book from 1975 and you'll find a few tid bib -- tidbits. it distribution him as rebelling usely -- color weekend, it concludes with his personality, good looks, and quick wit. he's bound to be a success. coming from a navy family, i
thank you all for joining us today. [applause] admiral johnathan grew up in pittsburgh suburb of butler pennsylvania. the son of a steel workers he was the third of six children. he was the all-american kid growing up. he worked not one paper route, but two. he was on the swim team, student counsel, a member of the national honor society, and the archery club. and to top it all off, he and his buddes were members of the major key club. a group that offered them to earn a few bucks either by...
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only us. it's universalism. there is no them. only us. i am because we are. there is no then only us. a largeness of spirit of who is your neighborhood. i'm not a -- my mother was a protestant and my father a catholic. he was of another order. [laughter] here's one i know. here's what i know and -- a soldier, all right and lying on a bed recovering from the wounds a con verdicts of the heart. he saw god's work. on a call to do god's work. not just in the church, everywhere. the art, the university, the new world. and once he knew about that, he couldn't unknow it. it changed him. it forced him out of bode and in to the world. and that's what i'm hoping happens here in georgetown here because when you truly accept that those children and some far off place with the same value of you. in god's ice or even just in your eyes then your life is forever changed. you see something that you can't unsee. we have a sense of it from the words of [inaudible] i have his words tattooed on my brain. a man who stooded in the square at the start of the 21st century. we're goin
only us. it's universalism. there is no them. only us. i am because we are. there is no then only us. a largeness of spirit of who is your neighborhood. i'm not a -- my mother was a protestant and my father a catholic. he was of another order. [laughter] here's one i know. here's what i know and -- a soldier, all right and lying on a bed recovering from the wounds a con verdicts of the heart. he saw god's work. on a call to do god's work. not just in the church, everywhere. the art, the...
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those who wrote were entrusting stories to us, and more importantly, they were looking to us to help tackle what is an assiduous, hidden, and difficult issue. they believe in our difficulties, even as they wrestle with what happened. their issue is our issue, and we resolve to move forward to renew what is right about penn state to take on the nationwide problem of child abuse, and we resolve to do it by doing what we do best -- that is teaching, research, and service. beyond that, we have something even more powerful -- our student body. within the first days of the crisis, it became clear the students with respect going to wait for us to lead them. they were moving forward with unity and a constructive energy that's been inspiring to all of us. here are just two quick examples. by the end of the first week, student leaders organized a candle light vigil on the old main lawn to show support for the victims of child sexual abuse. thousands of penn state students and community members joined together in the stillness of a cold, dark night to remind others that at the core of the issue
those who wrote were entrusting stories to us, and more importantly, they were looking to us to help tackle what is an assiduous, hidden, and difficult issue. they believe in our difficulties, even as they wrestle with what happened. their issue is our issue, and we resolve to move forward to renew what is right about penn state to take on the nationwide problem of child abuse, and we resolve to do it by doing what we do best -- that is teaching, research, and service. beyond that, we have...
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democrats want us to work together. they want to balance the approach to everything, but especially the situation we have dealing with the huge deficit and taxes are a part of that. >> espn programming is good because they try to cover both sides of the issues and the moderators especially on the "washington journal" do a good job of staying detached and not getting into offering their opinions. they're very comprehensive about covering both the house and the senate and the other woodrow wilson and other republicans here in d.c. that i wouldn't normally be exposed to. >> chinese president, hu jintao, addressed members of this congress. he's stepping down after 10 years in office. this event, courtesy of china central television, commonly known as cctv is just over nine minutes. [speaking chinese] >> translator: now on behalf of the chinese committee, the national congress party of china. my copies of the reports have been issued to you. i will outline its main points. [speaking chinese] transcode the 18th national congr
democrats want us to work together. they want to balance the approach to everything, but especially the situation we have dealing with the huge deficit and taxes are a part of that. >> espn programming is good because they try to cover both sides of the issues and the moderators especially on the "washington journal" do a good job of staying detached and not getting into offering their opinions. they're very comprehensive about covering both the house and the senate and the...
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box them in, use the power of the presidency. the question is has he built a new set of skills and tools that he'll use, and i think we're going to see in the next couple months. it's a big time for him. david, both in your book and in a recent op-ed piece, you asked the question what really drives them? what is the -- is that right -- give us a -- i mean, that seems to be the theme of the book. what is driving this guy, and it's a bit of an open question. what do you think you are seeing now as the driving motivations? >> well, i wrote about this last week in terms of the second term, and i think the drive now is greatness. i think he has the opportunity for that. that doesn't mean he'll reach it, but, you know, even as the second term often creates unexpected problems and a lame duck atmosphere that can devolve, couldn't have had the chance of greatness without the second term, and i think that as you watched him in the first term, as ron and john captured, he was in a learning process. there's many times in that period where h
box them in, use the power of the presidency. the question is has he built a new set of skills and tools that he'll use, and i think we're going to see in the next couple months. it's a big time for him. david, both in your book and in a recent op-ed piece, you asked the question what really drives them? what is the -- is that right -- give us a -- i mean, that seems to be the theme of the book. what is driving this guy, and it's a bit of an open question. what do you think you are seeing now...
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it's leaving us. so the first thing i would say is i think it's important for us to realize, in the arguments murray's disappoint this is a cultural phenomena. others could make the case it it's an economic phenomena. i don't think it's important what the cause is, the first step is recognize we have a huge problem in our country these caps on income and the fact is that more and more people that are born in the poverty will stay in to poverty and the middle class is being disrupted in ways that are dramatic. it's a huge problem. and we'll let others have the debate about why it is and maybe a combination of many things. i think we is share the belief that there is one path that we know for certain that can change this course. than is to assure that we move to a child-centered education system where with have no excuses for the fact that we have big education gaps that will yield income gaps and lives that are constrained because people don't have the power of knowledge. in fact in america today one o
it's leaving us. so the first thing i would say is i think it's important for us to realize, in the arguments murray's disappoint this is a cultural phenomena. others could make the case it it's an economic phenomena. i don't think it's important what the cause is, the first step is recognize we have a huge problem in our country these caps on income and the fact is that more and more people that are born in the poverty will stay in to poverty and the middle class is being disrupted in ways...
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this is the same exact ad, just happens to use computer graphics or it uses the techniques of the time. >> as our troops defend america and the war on terror, they must have what it takes to win. john kerry has repeatedly opposed weapons vital to winning the war on terror. apache helicopters, f-16 fighter jets and hercules. components that are all built in florida. he even voted against body armor for troops our troops on the frontline of the war on terror. john kerry's record on national security is troubling. >> it is the same exact ad. the ads are more targeted these days. this is the florida version of that advertisement. all of the focus these days on swing states and targeting the swing states. it is the same identical message. this is something i'm not very proud of the, but what i found out recently was we did an event in 2008. mark mckinnon was one of the guest speakers and he created ads for the bush campaign in 2004. he said that he was actually a fan of this website and he knew about this website and he would look at it to try to get ideas and go back to a past campaign. so
this is the same exact ad, just happens to use computer graphics or it uses the techniques of the time. >> as our troops defend america and the war on terror, they must have what it takes to win. john kerry has repeatedly opposed weapons vital to winning the war on terror. apache helicopters, f-16 fighter jets and hercules. components that are all built in florida. he even voted against body armor for troops our troops on the frontline of the war on terror. john kerry's record on national...
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you know, he told us he's not mitt romney, but he did not give us what is going to get the budget in the coming years. so i don't know. >> welcome is no blueprint for what he tried to do with sean boehner? isn't there a blueprint and the policies of the series he has to consolidate them? i just don't buy the notion that we have no idea what is going to do. i think we have a pretty good idea. >> he didn't tell us. >> welcome would you like to say? >> i beckoned to tell us what he plans to do with the budget and how to do it the fiscal cliff. >> well, i think that we are in that. and we'll see how he does that. i don't think mitt romney told us that he would do with that either. >> i think you're right on that. we can agree on that. >> a model to me as health care reform, where barack obama never told us exactly what he wanted. he didn't put a proposal on the table and i think that's what were going to see. as the president put at an immigration proposal? does embracing symbols in some variant of that? or does he try to bring everybody into the white house bipartisan leadership and com
you know, he told us he's not mitt romney, but he did not give us what is going to get the budget in the coming years. so i don't know. >> welcome is no blueprint for what he tried to do with sean boehner? isn't there a blueprint and the policies of the series he has to consolidate them? i just don't buy the notion that we have no idea what is going to do. i think we have a pretty good idea. >> he didn't tell us. >> welcome would you like to say? >> i beckoned to tell us...